Victims: A True Story of the Civil War

Description:
Hardcover. Condition: as new. Dust jacket condition: very good+. Cover has very minor shelf wear head and tail of spine; else, as new. Jacket has minor rubbing head and tail of spine; small chip tail of back panel. Octavo; 144 pp. First edition stated. Red and black lettering on blue cloth boards. An unread copy in excellent condition. From the jacket notes: “In January 1863, in the mountains of North Carolina, Confederate soldiers captured and murdered thirteen prisoners. These suspected Unionist guerillas were members of a relatively isolated, traditional mountain community; their killers were led by officers more open to the changing currents of the nineteenth century. Combining psychology, sociology, and anthropology with more traditional historical narrative, Phillip Paludan looks at the incident in its larger meaning, while at the same time maintaining respect for the historical record.”